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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a work session on the draft CIP yesterday.  Jane Strauss asked the School Board to authorize the inclusion of a reference to a limited boundary study, possibly to take effect in the fall of 2020, that would move the apartments and townhouses in Tysons currently zoned to Spring Hill/Longfellow/McLean to Cooper/Langley.  Except for Ilryong Moon, the other SB members seemed hostile to the idea of any amendment to the draft FY 2020-24 CIP to explicitly mention this.  They didn't rule out the possibility of moving forward with a study after further discussions in February and March, and Karen Corbett-Sanders told Strauss that not mentioning a possibly boundary change in the CIP wouldn't preclude the initiation of a boundary study later this year.

There was a lot of talk about trying to come up with a "holistic" approach to boundary changes at upcoming meetings, and even a possible county-wide redistricting to be developed over the next several years.  Of course, they haven't done anything like that for decades, and the actual responsibility for making any changes would then probably fall on the next School Board elected in the fall of 2019.

It sounded like Jane Strauss may have waited too late before raising her proposal with the other Board members, and the others were caught by surprise.  Or maybe the other Board members were just resistant to another Board member actually trying to get something done when they weren't ready to make similar proposals.  It was fairly painful to watch.  [/quote]

NP.  With this in mind... what is the point of the meeting on Thursday at 7pm at McLean HS?  Is there anything material they plan to discuss on this topic if they are merely brainstorming the possibility of a "limited" boundary study even amongst the SB members?  I'd have to change my work schedule so I am just trying to determine if there is an actual discussion plan for this meeting.[/quote]

This is 16:28.  Strauss said during the work session that she has meetings scheduled at both McLean and Langley this week.  I assume she wants to say "she's working on it" and share what she has in mind.  Not everyone pays attention to what gets said during School Board work sessions.  She won't be in any position this week to speak for the entire School Board, which basically told her to slow down (ironic, since the enrollment trends at Langley and McLean have been evident for years and McLean is very crowded now).

Unless you had something specific you wanted to ask her or say in public (i.e., "so exactly how many more trailers will McLean be getting next fall" or "I'm really disappointed that you didn't find a way to get McLean included on the list of high schools getting additions"), you could probably skip it.  There will undoubtedly be a lot of talk about things you already know, and she'll probably say it didn't make sense to do anything until the renovations at Langley were finished or almost complete.  [/quote]

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